Senior Employee Relations Specialist - Remote

Are you passionate about developing and motivating others?

Do you enjoy being a trusted partner to employees and stakeholders?

Join our Employee Relations Team

Our Employee Relations (ER) team collaborates closely with leadership, HR Business Partners, Legal and employees to advise on complex matters, including performance improvement and investigations. We endeavor to achieve a balance of employee advocacy and company stewardship. In realizing every employee's potential, we enable the company's success.

Be an employee relations champion

You will be a key member of our Employee Relations team, focusing on Employee Relations investigations that involve Director level employees and below of the Canada and US teams and serve as a backup investigator for LatAm. Additionally, you will manage ER-related projects to enhance the function's overall effectiveness and efficiency.

As an Employee Relations Senior Specialist, you will be responsible for:

• Assisting the Senior Director with development of the Employee Relations COE for the Americas framework.
• Investigating alleged violations of Akamai's policies and procedures (including discrimination, harassment, and retaliation)
• Presenting findings to decision-makers, making and supporting implementation of recommendations for resolution.
• Communicating, cooperating, and collaborating with managers and employees.
• Collaborating across HR to gather input, disseminate information, and promote cooperation on ER initiatives and programs.
• Participating in HR-related projects to improve processes, systems, and manager and employee experiences.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have a Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field
• Have 5 years of experience in Employee Relations investigations, Employee Relations role, or equivalent experience as an employment attorney
• Possess highly developed communication, interpersonal, and diplomacy skills to guide, influence and persuade others
• Demonstrate the skills to deliver findings and recommendations on sensitive cases through clear communication .
• Have attention to detail when it comes to documentation, process execution, and follow up
• Enjoy partnering with HR colleagues, Legal, Audit, Talent, and Development to implement solutions and achieve business results

Work in a way that works for you

FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.

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Working for you

At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:

• Your health
• Your finances
• Your family
• Your time at work
• Your time pursuing other endeavors

Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.

About us

Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.

Join us

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!

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